Improvement in sod-trimmers



H. D. EDDY. Sod-T r-imme'r.

I No. 214,496. Patented April 22, 1879.

AT riEYs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE D. EDDY, OF GLENVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOROBERT FOSTER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOD-TRIMMERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,496, dated April22, 1879 application filed December 31, 1878. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE D. EDDY, of Glenville, in the county ofGuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sod-Trimmers or Walk-Edgers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs,which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to a machine for trimming the sod on the border ofwalks or roads, and may be adapted for use either by hand or horsepower.

My invention consists of a wheel colter and 2 is a view, in sideelevation, with the larger wheel removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of mydevice. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the axle, showing its compoundcharacter.

A is a pole or tongue by which the machine is drawn or driven. A -is anadjustable handle attached to pole A A an automaticallyadjustablebreast-plate attached to the end ofthe poleA, against which the operatorcan rest his body and assist in driving the machine.

The breast-plate A may either have a hinge or swivel joint, or in anymanner be adapted to accommodate itself to the body of the operator inany position.

-B is the greater wheel, and O the lesser wheel, of my device, theformer intended to run'upon the road or walk, and the latter upon thesod. The relative position of the wheels B O is made adjustable by a.compound axle composed of the two parts D and D.

To the adjoining ends of the parts D and D are attached arms or plates EF, hinged or pivoted together at a suitable distance from the axes ofthe axles D and D, substantially as shown at G in the drawings.

To the plate E is attached the wheel-colter H, although I do not limitmyself to this description of'colter, as any other appropriate kind ofcutter may be substituted. This colter arrangement By this provision therelative position of the wheels B 0 may be adjusted.

By the adjustable attachment of the plow to its plate, and also by theadjustable connection of the plates E an d F, it will be apparent thatthe range of adjustment, and consequent operation and utility, of mydevice is materially increased.

The entire arrangement of parts, as shown in the drawings, indicatesthat the form of device as hereinspecified is such as is intended to bepushed or driven by the operator.

1 do not necessarily limit myself to this spe-. cial form, as the poleor tongue A, instead of projecting from the rear of the machine, mayproject from the front thereof, and be adapted for the attachment of ahorse or horses when themachine is made large enough, as it may be, torequire horse-power to operate it. Neither do I limit myself to amachine of this character having wheels of unequal size. Owing to theadjustable features of my device, wheelsof the same size may be used. 1

Having thus described my invention, wha I claim asnew, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sod-trimmer, the combination, with one of the axle-adjustingplates, of the plow connected therewith, and adapted to be adj ust edvertically with reference to said plate, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sod-trimmer, the combination, with one of the axle-adjustingplates, of the plowcolter connected therewith, aud'adapted to be adjusted verticall y with reference to said plate, In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name substantially as set forth. to this specification inthe presence of two sub- 3. In a sod-trimmer, the combination, withscribing witnesses.

the two-part axle, of the adjusting-plates respectively secured to eachaxle part, said HORACE D. EDDY.

plates, one or both, being provided with a plow and rotaryc'olter,-connected therewith Witnesses:

in a manner whereby they may be vertically J NO. GROWELL, J r.,

adjusted, substantially as set forth. WILLIAM E. DONNELLY.

